Driving Excellence: How The Aggregate System Turned Microchip Technology from a Failing Company to a Market Leader
- ISBN-10
- 0471793884
- ISBN-13
- 9780471793885
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-07-18
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Mike J. Jones, Steve Sanghi
Description
Praise for DRIVING EXCELLENCE "A well-organized compendium of immense common sense. [Theauthors'] values-based, walk-the-talk approach recognizes thefast-changing environment we live in. It shows the importance ofaggregating and integrating knowledge and experience on acontinuing basis. Finally, it demonstrates the significance ofcreating a culture that reinforces those values and takes pride inthriving on the complexity." —John E. Abele, founder and Director, Boston ScientificCorporation "The Aggregate System is a powerful blend of strategic formula,exceptional culture, and human systems combined into a completeself-perpetuating system to produce exceptional performance. Anyoneinterested in improving the performance of his or her companyshould read this book." —Jerry Colangelo, CEO and Chairman, Phoenix Suns "This is not another 'silver bullet' piece of academic advice onhow to do a quick fix to some imaginary business. DrivingExcellence is a serious and detailed insight into how a real CEO,Steve Sanghi, has transformed a real company, Microchip, into aworld-class enterprise. Anyone interested in understanding therealities of implementing and sustaining an enterprise-wideconstant improvement plan should read this book." —Dean Kamen, founder and President, DEKA Research &Development Corporation, inventor of the Segway HT, NationalInventors Hall of Fame inductee "Driving Excellence is the first book to deal with theintegration of all the core elements that are essential to runninga business. It should be required reading for all executives andventure firms looking to boost return on invested capital and addsome consistency to their growth. High praise is due to MichaelJones and Steve Sanghi for developing a blueprint that works in thereal world." —Ed Sperling, Editor in Chief, Electronic News "This book provides a nicely developed framework to understandorganizational effectiveness and performance, drawing upon Sanghi'smanagerial skills, perfected in his significant turnaroundperformance at Microchip. Importantly, the reader benefits frominsight and experience about building an organizational cultureproductive to performance and competitiveness." —Steven Stralser, PhD, author of MBA in a Day
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